I tried to tell myself she was just unconscious... ...but a body looks one way alive and another way when it's dead. I'd seen enough of both in the war to know.

-- Phil Sheldon

Appearing in "The Day She Died"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Phil Sheldon

Supporting Characters:

• Marcia Hardesty

Villains:

• Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)
•  Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) 

Other Characters:

•  Spider-Man (Peter Parker) 
• Gwen Stacy
• J. Jonah Jameson
• Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
• Joseph Robertson
• Betty Brant
• Ned Leeds
• Luke Cage
• Daniel Ketch

Locations:

• Daily Bugle Building

Items:

• Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
• Doctor Octopus' Tentacles

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "The Day She Died"Edit

In the 1970s, Phil Sheldon releases his book "Marvels", an instant best-seller. He is still dismayed at the public's reaction to the Marvels, and is particularly disgusted by J. Jonah Jameson laying into Spider-Man, who has been framed for the death of NYPD Captain George Stacy. He resolves to investigate the murder, and clear Spider-Man's name. Whilst talking to a witness with Luke Cage, he learns that not only do the police not suspect Spider-Man for Stacy's death, but that they suspect Doctor Octopus. It is revealed that Spider-Man is being blamed due to Jameson, who reveals the true reason why people hate the Marvels: a mixture of jealousy and insecurity, the belief that humans cannot compete with the selfless heroism and nobility of the Marvels. It is also by befriending Gwen Stacy, Captain Stacy's daughter, that he learns from her, during a brief Atlantean invasion of Manhattan led by Namor, that the Marvels exist to help the innocent, beyond petty human jealousies and spite. This revelation leads to Spider-Man being cleared, but not soon after Gwen is kidnapped by the Green Goblin, and during the chase that leads to the Brooklyn Bridge, where the fight leads to the death of Gwen, despite (or because) of Spider-Man's attempt to save her. Sheldon's faith in the Marvels has been irreparably shattered, as Sheldon cannot reconcile Spider-Man's failure to save Gwen with what he sees as the hero's purpose in life. In the end, he decides that he has had enough, and plans to retire. Before he can hang up his camera, a final photo is taken of Phil, his wife, and a "nice, normal boy". Unbeknownst to him, the boy is Danny Ketch, who will soon become the hero Ghost Rider.

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See AlsoEdit

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Recommended ReadingEdit

• Shows events from Amazing Spider-Man # 121 and 122 from Phil Sheldon's point of view.

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